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David Pollack's Week 4 CFB PICKS: Auburn-Oklahoma, Texas Tech-Utah, Illinois-Indiana and more
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David Pollack's Week 4 CFB PICKS: Auburn-Oklahoma, Texas Tech-Utah, Illinois-Indiana and more 0:00 Texas Tech-Utah 9:20 Auburn-Oklahoma 14:59 Illinois-Indiana 22:11 Florida-Miami 27:42 Michigan-Nebraska 33:58 Arizona State-Baylor 37:04 Tulane-Ole Miss 43:46 Michigan State-USC
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Brent (Football Analyst)
How about that Pollock interception in the end zone. Well, it's David Pollock. He's got a heart of a lion. I'm real proud of that kid.
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Co-host Brent
This is C Ball, Get Ball. College football's top show for football analysis, predictions and coach interviews. Now here's your host, three time All American, seven time Emmy Award winner.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
All right, week four here. Here we come. Here come the picks. I I think this week is is a good appetizer for next week. Like, next week's going to be a lot of goodness. I mean, you got just off the beaten path. Just, Just. Just dream for a little bit. Like, you got Georgia, you got Alabama. That's going to be fantastic. You got LSU and Ole Miss. What's the one right there in the middle that is enormous?
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Co-host Brent
Penn State, Oregon.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Penn State. Oregon is massive. So I think, like, next week we're going to have some. Some separation in the. In the SEC and in the Big Ten. Like, we're going to figure out who the contenders are. We might. We're going to knock down the list a little bit this week. I think we got some this week. To me, it's in the Big 12. Like, you're going to find out in the Big 12 because we talked about a preseason, we talked about Arizona State a lot. We talked about Baylor a lot. Like. But now, obviously both of them have losses to SEC teams, which is. Which is interesting in the way it's started for them with. With one losses. But Texas Tech and Utah, both of these teams, man, like, we knew Utah would bounce back. Like, we counted on that. We absolutely counted on that because of Kyle Whittingham's track record. Like, nobody doubted that, man. Like, nobody doubted. He forgot how to coach and he forgot how to do the details. Now. This team looks so different, though. Like, that's what's fun to watch. This is like, Kyle Whittingham, I think it's his last year. Brent, like, everything I've heard, I think he's going to go out after this season. Yeah, you kind of turned your eyes up. I really do think so. Um, but if he does, he'll go out with the most unique offense he's had. Like, you haven't seen this type of a. Yeah, I mean, you haven't seen this type of an off. Now you saw it with. With Urban Meyer, but before him a lot, but just a running qb, a new system, a whole new oc, like so many new guys in the transfer portal. A lot of newness. And then Texas Tech kind of built their. Their roster with everything new. Like, they went into the store, bro, and they not. They got the summer wardrobe, they got the winter wardrobe like they. They got. Because the oc, the dc, like, they spent all the money, so a lot of newness on both sides. And let's be honest, they ain't played the best schedule to date, so. So now you got Texas Tech, which. Which you think you know a lot about. Utah, which you think you know a lot lot about. And the big thing to always keep in mind when we're picking these games, man, it's at Utah.
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Co-host Brent
Yes. And by the way, so this is our first nugget platter game of the week. That's our main event which I was going to ask you. Do you prefer the nugget of the chicken finger nugget?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
That's not a debate. If you prefer the chicken finger, you are absolutely wrong.
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Co-host Brent
Like, so like publix chicken fingers, raising canes.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Oh, no, no, no, no Fingers. So when you say nugget platter, I immediately go chick fil A. Like that's not a debate because they're the best. But I'm not getting chick fil a slay chicken tenders. That's not happening now. Have you ever had the grilled chicken nuggets?
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Co-host Brent
Yeah. Oh yeah.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
They're freaking fantastic. So like by the way, when I.
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Co-host Brent
Get tell you what's, what's moving up on the rankings for me, Huey Magoo's grilled chicken.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Huey Magoo's is fricking fantastic. The grilled chicken skewers with all the sauces on the side like Nicholas is. That's my son's favorite favorite restaurant by far. But I know y' all didn't come to listen to that, but that's fantastic. Good review. Huey McGooey's. Huey Mcgoo. You should check them out.
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Co-host Brent
Yes, nugget platter. But the, the. When you said at Utah, what's most fascinating about the at Utah part? This is a 10 o' clock local kick noon game, big noon kickoff. But you mentioned the, the uniqueness of Utah's offense. And one of the things I was kind of looking at, we knew their old line was going to be good. By the way, they're number one in the power four in terms of pass block efficiency. But the one thing that's I, that's going to be fascinating this game is they are also number one the power forward in the turn in percentage of empty backfields where it's just Devin Dampier sitting there. And what do you do when you have an empty backfield? You let your four man D line go eat and height. Gil Howard, David Bailey lee, Hunter Holmes Jr. Those five new guys all have big time PF grades.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
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Co-host Brent
They have combined for 44 quarterback pressures including seven sacks. I actually put that stat on the Texas the Red Raider sports board and I saw one of the responses was this is fun. This is really fun.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
This is cool to see what it looks like to have defensive linemen that pressure the quarterback, that are big, that are physical. And if you don't have that, which a lot of the Big 12 does not have. If you don't have that, it's a wrap like you're not going to beat Utah. And I think the fun thing to watch with Utah this year is the. They're. They were 40 last season and then they lost their next seven. So it. It got bad like. But obviously the. The. The first downs and the move the sticks like 30 first downs in two of their first three games. Like they had 26 in all of 20, 23. It. That. That was their highest in a game like so. And 24 like th. This is a team that moves the sticks, runs the football. All kinds of fun ways. All kinds of different guys, whether it's Parkers or Rogers or. Or Andrews. Hunter Andrews is really fun. They're tight end. He's got. He's got over 100 yards rushing this season. Like they, they do it all kinds of ways and they do it spacing you out and they do it with a QB that can. That is a tailback playing quarterback. And that's going to be. You know, the interesting thing to me is how they, how they want to play this. Do they set a tone for. You know, do they set the precedent for how to play Utah? Because right now it's just so much go this way, stretch with the QB other way. So Texas Tech's going to be stressed on defense. When I go to Texas Tech's offense though, man, like I just. How do you not like Morton? How is he not one of your favorite guys, Brent, in all of college football? Because you should, you should relate to this guy. Like shorter, not very athletic, not the most overly gifted with the arm like should like Brent. If you don't know Brent played QB in West Virginia. Like he was an option quarterback. Like you should identify with this guy but like, because he's got. Shaking your head at me. He's got the it factor though. Like he understands how to read defenses. He understands what he's seeing, how to beat it. Like that's what's been the most fun to watch about Texas Tech. He missed a lot. He missed the spring like with his shoulder, but like it doesn't look like anything has mattered. And he's averaging 3:36 through the air a game in his last five starts. Like 17 TD passes. Like this is a team that's high flying, outscoring opponents a lot to a little like doing Everything they want. And so, hey, how about this? I got this for you. This is the first time they've started three and oh or better since. Who was the coach? It was 2013.
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Co-host Brent
I said my guess would be leech. Was that the Crabtree year?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Nap? That was 07, Homie. That was 05. The Crabtree year.
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Co-host Brent
Cliff Kingsbury.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Kingsbury, baby. They were. They were. They won their first seven and lost their next five.
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Co-host Brent
But, I mean, that's kind of normal for him, actually. Unfortunately.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah.
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Co-host Brent
But by the way, the only thing, only pushback I'm gonna make there is the arm strength piece. So you know me like post Tommy John surgery. You didn't know me pre Tommy John, so that I gotta. I gotta push back a little bit there. I could. I could spin it back in the day.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
You ain't no more. Do you guys.
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Co-host Brent
When you with, you know, obviously you coach high school football and you do the GPS stuff.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Oh, yeah.
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Co-host Brent
You track how many miles like somebody runs in a practice or how. Like distance.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah.
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Co-host Brent
What do you think Devin Dampiers is going to be in this game?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
It's going to be a lot. Like, a lot's going to be. A lot's going to be on his shoulders for sure. And if you watch him, it literally is all stretched one way and him going the other way, rolling out even when he's throwing. Like. I think we're going to see Utah's defense really tested for the first time. But you want to know the difference in the game, to me, like, this is decided in one spot on the field. I have two games like this this week. This is decided in the red zone. Absolutely 100%. And I trust Utah in the red zone with Dampier and their running game more than I trust Texas Tech. And that's why I got this 28, 27 at home. And the difference is more field goals for Texas Tech, more tutties for Utah.
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Co-host Brent
I'm going flipping that. I think the defensive line is going to play really well in spite of who they're going against. And damn, Pierre is going to kind of wear down. And Texas Tech, with the way they distribute things to their weapons, I think they win. I'm going to go like 30, 24 Texas Tech.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Okay. But big shout out for Big 12 defensive player of the week. Last week, two ints versus Oregon State. He had one in two seasons at Mississippi State, but he's a shallow high school grad. My man, Bryce Pollock, literally no relation, but Bryce Pollock, no relation whatsoever. It's P O L L O C K. But literally shout out to him. He was the player of the week last week. All right, while we're making these picks, man, like something for everybody to know, man, I found out about this app, downloaded it, smashed it. It's called Game Time. And when you download it and when you start to look at things, you can find all the different games, the different concerts, the stuff that are going on. And when you look at a price, dude, we're not adding all the fees. They're not adding all that stuff to it, man. The price is what it' to be. And if you use Pollock as the promo code, you also get $20 off. So now back to picks, but don't forget to download that app because it is a awesome, awesome app.
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Co-host Brent
We got three nugget platter games, three main games, by the way, all in each of the windows. 12, 12 o', clock, 3:30, and then the other.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
That's how it should be done. That's how it. That's how we like it. That, that's. That's more fun to. To watch, absorb, soak in. Shoot. We'll give you the reactions anyways. We ain't got nothing else to do on a Saturday, man. We're sitting there watching the games regardless.
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Co-host Brent
But yeah, Auburn at Oklahoma.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
This is going to be fun, man. Like, I mean, this is. This is fun. And again, I've talked about this, but Auburn, the identity crisis that is Auburn fans, like, what are we, bro? Like, where do we stand? Are we closer to the top of the SEC or the bottom? Like, they've had this identity crisis. Got a good chance to kind of figure it out this week. They started three and. Oh, and this is a good thing, like, because we saw them last year. They started last year, Brett. They didn't win their third game until the eighth game of the season. So it's not been good. They. They need to start fast. They need to. That's why the Baylor game was such a big game early, to. To get some Mojo and to get rolling. So I just, I love what Jackson Arnold's doing. I love how he's. He's 192 yards rushing, you know, on the season. That's second in the SEC. Do you think he's second to. Who do you think is first in the SEC in rushing?
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Co-host Brent
Oh, that's. I actually know that because I looked it up. It's Taylor Green.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Taylor Green.
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Co-host Brent
In terms of QBs. Yes.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yes. Yeah. I'm second. Yeah. So Jackson Arnold, the playmaking Jackson Arnold. Can he simmer down a little bit? Like I, I'm going to be very interested to see him in that environment at Oklahoma. You, you said earlier in the week, like you, you know, he's comfortable with that environment, bro, he's going to have so much juice running through him. And can you, can you, can you simmer that down and use it on the field? Use it when you run it, but not when you're in the pocket where you get happy feet. And I'm just telling you, man, that's a hard thing to do. It's just, it stinks. It's the hardest part of football is to be able to control your emotions, to control this, your mind at the same time. And so I'll be so dialed in and locked in on it. Can he go through his reads? Can he keep, can he stay in the pocket and make some big plays? Because Baylor was an indication of not there. Bam, I'm gone. Break tackles. You know, this, this is not Baylor's defense. This is not going to be the same type of challenge.
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Co-host Brent
And the thing I worry about with that is not so much amped up, like, hey, I throw overthrow, I got 10 yards. It's when he's running and he wants to, he wants to inflict some punishment. And you don't forget about ball security or you don't remember.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
He's had a problem with that football. That's been the problem with him for sure.
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Co-host Brent
Yeah. And I'm sure Oklahoma fans are like quite like, you know, nodding their head in very much agreement. I think Venables and his ability to get varieties of pressures in this game, they're number one in the power four and unblocked pressures. I think they're going to get more of that. Even though Hugh Freeze I think will counter with a lot of offensive linemen and some max.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
You sound like you're saying a beat down. You, you, you.
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Co-host Brent
I don't think beat down just because of the way Auburn can run the ball, but I think this is a 10 point Oklahoma win. I'm going like 34, 24.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
I like it. All right. Oklahoma last year started off really good. Now they hadn't played Michigan up to this point or a solid team or been tested. But like I'm interested to watch, man, the defense has allowed zero points in the first quarter and zero points in the fourth quarter this season. Like that gives you an idea of coaching and adjusting and Venables and who he is. John Mateer, man, like there's a reason I said he's the best player in college football. Like I'm not taking that back. I'll double down on that like at least one rushing touchdown and passing touchdown in nine straight games. That's the longest active streak in the country. I think it's just he's too much his ability to throw and run and here's what worries me about Auburn. I think they can stay with him but soy Robertson threw for 4:19 like and Baylor has good weapons don't get me wrong but I'm just saying like John Matier's ability to run and throw like it's just, it's just it's a hard thing to stop and I think Oklahoma gets him. I think it's a 2820 game. I think I do think Auburn can score some points can hang around. I think Jackson Arnold will make plays with his feet. Extend the, extend the sticks and please, please take my saying Brent run the rock and chuck it deep like yeah right like for Auburn they've got Coleman needs six or seven shots one a quarter.
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Co-host Brent
You're going a quarter.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
They're going to be aggressive. Venables is going to play that style. Like let them know right off the jump if you want to do that bro. I'm going to take shots and I got a Megatron out wide that can make contested catches and so Auburn's had a great start to the season but I think Oklahoma continues the mojo and and gets the dub.
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Co-host Brent
That's probably actually when you think about it next week after, after we see the games this weekend some of the these are some separator type games might have to relook at our maybe a replayoff prediction type deal last be fun last nugget platter game the night game Illinois at Indiana. I have a feeling that you know Brett Bielema and Coach Signetti that they just dap it up and are laughing and having a good old time before the game. Hashtag sarcasm.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Google me. Hashtag I'm in Indianapolis. Look forward to playing here in the championship game. Like there is no, there is no greater confidence that relies and resides in any coach than Kurt Signetti. Like that dude is full of confidence and he should be with the way he's coached in year one, the way he's led now in year two. And listen he talked about his schedule and that's another one of his comments. He went SEC like and he wanted to not challenge himself at a conference. Do they know who they are yet? Do they know what they're great at? Like that's, that's what's going to be interesting to see what I know is Mendoza's a ballerina. His QB is really, really good. And when you talk about baller, like, that dude was third in the ACC in passing yards per game. And he was that cow. Like, you remember who those. You remember who those other guys were. Like, you should remember pretty high on the list who those guys were. How about one was the number one pick, Cam Ward. And then one broke. And then one broke every ACC record for last season, Syracuse. Oh, man.
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Co-host Brent
Kyle McCord.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Champagne bottle from. From our boyfriend, Fran Brown. So I think that, like, this guy's. This guy's good. He's talented, he's big. And when I look at Indiana, weapons, man, they got weapons. They've had 300 rush yards plus in each game so far. Like, they know how to run the rock. They know how to space it. Mendoza can run it even though he's a big, tall, huge sucker. You know, six, five, kind of. He looks goofy, but he's not.
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Co-host Brent
No, I agree with that.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
It's a good way of putting weapons, man. Like, I'm interested to see because. Because let's be honest, Mr. I picked Illinois. But I want you to be honest. When you watch them against Duke, they struggled a little bit, man. Illinois did not look their best in that. In that football game. And I think this is a better version of Duke that's coming out in this week at home.
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Co-host Brent
Probably the. That's probably the best comp for that. And Duke obviously kind of gave that game away. I don't. The accuracy part with Mendoza versus Mensa. I think Mensa's. But he, you know, did struggle a little bit in that one. The biggest thing for me is just you talked about, do they know who they are? I think they do, but I think Illinois definitively knows and they are a balanced power team. Almost 50, 50 run pass. They don't turn it over. They're not going to beat themselves. Altmeyer veteran in. Have kind of been in these games now for a year and a half or so. I. I like the road team here. I like Illinois. The ma. The matchups are fun. All the individual matchups on in this game with Surratt and Cooper on. On the outside, you know, Scott at corner for Illinois, J.C. davis versus Kamara, tackle versus edge guy, DeAndre Ponds and then the Beatty receiver for Illinois. Like, all those individual matchups gonna be fun to watch in this game, but I'm trusting Altmeyer in the end.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Well, and you have a reason to. I mean, I, I get that when you, when you look at Altmeyer, like he's completing 72% of his passes. Last year he only had two games over 66%. Like he is in a zone. Like he's feeling it. He's getting the zone. Autozone. Like that dude's in the zone, right? Like he, he has been. And you talked about Beatty, Hank Beatty, that dude last year had 20 receptions for like 300 yards in one TD. And now he's got, you know, he's Almost, he's got 19 receptions for almost 300 yards in a TD this season. Like, and a punt return guy that, like he's kind of under, he's, he's just underrated. Like you look at a guy coming back on the year, he's like, oh, he's got 294. Like, okay, he sucks. Like he's not going to be very good. No, they'll give it to him on reverses. They'll let him return punts, they'll let him make big plays. You know, you know what's interesting? Neither teams, you know, turnover worthy. Both teams take care of the football. These are very carbon copy cutter teams of each other. Like when you look at now, the difference is to me the continuity of Illinois. Like 18 returning starters.
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Co-host Brent
Yes.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
By the way, only Power Four team that returned OC DC head coach and strength coach. Like that's, that's.
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Co-host Brent
Illinois had that last moment. Strength coach too.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah. I mean and quarterback for, for a third straight year. So like that's three years in a row that they've been able to do that. Like Illinois's got it working. I am going with the speed and the playmaking out wide being the difference in this football game. Nebraska or Indiana at home. Sixth ever top 20 matchup between two teams. Sixth ever game.
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Co-host Brent
Big time game like that for them. That's, that's a, that's new territory.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah. And the fun, the fun stat I got for you, Brent, with this one is last week they scored 73 against Larry Bird and company at Indiana State University. Indiana, they scored 77 last season versus Western Illinois. Last year, Indiana's basketball team last, they scored less than 73 points in 13 of 32 games. So the offenses put up some more points than the basketball team where they.
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Co-host Brent
Have a new coach on basketball.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah. Omar Cooper Jr. Last week, 10 receptions, 207 yards, four touchdowns. First big, first Big Ten player to do that since 2015. Who is the guy that did it? 2015.
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Co-host Brent
Golly.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
10 receptions, 200 plus yards. Like that's what this dude did last week.
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Co-host Brent
My first thought is some Ohio State Receiver.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
He did it versus Indiana. Not an Ohio State receiver. Michigan receiver.
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Co-host Brent
Thank you, guys. I'll say, why am I blanking on you, Chesson?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Like that? You would. You would never get.
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Co-host Brent
I would never get that one. Sorry. But I will say this game, in terms of mattering. This is massive for Indiana because of. They also play Oregon and Penn State.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah.
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Co-host Brent
Illinois does not. Illinois plays Ohio State. So this is a big time trump card. I think that Illinois can get or either in Indiana at least have a big time win before they go play those other teams. Just remember the road, by the way.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Just remember when you're watching the game this week and when you see Cooper Jr. Out wide and you see Surratt out wide, and you're like, gosh dang, man. Like, Indiana's got speed out wide. Like, that's crazy. How do they keep winning out wide? You're going to be like, all right. Yeah, that's because they got some guys that can go. They got some transfers and some dudes that can really, really play. And that's why Indiana wins 28, 24. Brent's Illinois team officially might enter that eliminated list if you wanted to, you know, next week if might be on. Teetering on it.
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Co-host Brent
I don't. Like I said I wouldn't go there because they only.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
They lose that one, it's hard to get back in it. It's going to be hard.
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Co-host Brent
Maybe.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Anyways, move on. Let's go.
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Co-host Brent
I'm going to Illinois. We got two heartburn games. The close games that are going to cause some folks some indigestion. And interestingly enough, this is one that the spread, the first one, the spread has dropped throughout the week, even though it was coming off a loss. But Florida at Miami, which Miami is now a three point favorite coming into.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
This game, that's nuts, man. I don't. I don't know why it. Why it dropped. This is the first time Florida playing at Miami since 2013, which seems really weird, doesn't it? Like, that seems. It seems like it's been since then. How about this, though, For. For the urgency of the University of Florida. Seven of their next nine games are currently in the top 15. Five are in the top 10. Seven of their next nine games Are in the top. Yes. Are teams that are literally in the top 15. So, like, it's just.
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Co-host Brent
It's his last two losses kind of hurt.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah, those last two losses hurt. And in Florida's trying to find itself, Lagways confidence is reeling. Like I do. I don't. I would love to give you, to wax poetic and give you some kind of way that, that Florida can win this. It's, it's at Miami which is, which is a good thing for Miami. But Lagway throwing the ball 33 times last week, that's way too many. Obviously the five to the other team doesn't help, but it's like I said, man, Lagways decision making has been the problem. And if the decision making is the problem, you're going to get some real pressure this week with Miami. Like I think, you know those guys obviously off the edge. You watch three and four come off the edge and it's as good as duo in the country. And so I just paint me a picture, man, paint me a Birmingham of how you think they're going to find a way to stay in this game and get it done because.
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Co-host Brent
Well, it has to be defensively.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah.
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Co-host Brent
The thing is, and a question I wrote is how do you get DJ Lagway comfortable again? Your initial thought is okay, hey let's, let's run the Rock. Let's yeah, run the football, take some pressure off him, more play action, things like that. Well, guess who's the number two overall run defense? Great team in the country. That would be Miami and their front four. And, and just defense in general has been completely different.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
This is a number to back you up, homie. Opponents have rushed for under a hundred yards against them in 10 of the last 16 games since the beginning of 2024. Like they've consistently been a brick wall on the lines of scrimmage like the last couple seasons. So that's not.
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Co-host Brent
So like that's going to be okay. I, I think you have to find a way for him to connect on a deep ball and take a shot early because right now like that was his thing last year, right. 195.6 passing grade on the deep shots, 15 big time throws, 20, you know, a bunch of touchdowns. But this year he's one of seven. Yeah, one of seven on 20 plus yard throws. Find a way, find a way to.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Create happens like that's, I mean I'm trying like lags. Bombs Away is such a good name that could, yeah, we could, we could, we could, you know, we could do.
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Co-host Brent
Print the shirts kind of thing.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
We could print the shirts. Yeah. Miami, speaking of Miami, we could print the shirts and make something happen. But they have it. Florida's defense has kept them in games and, and so maybe they can again. That's, that's what you're, what you're hoping for. But Carson Beck's been fun and, and it's been different weapons, different weeks, different running backs, different weeks. Like they've got a lot of guys that can do it. They started 90 last year, 40 in 2023. Now they're, they're doing it again. Like they're, they're, they're getting it rolling. Like they're, they're definitely they're. And they're an offensive team now, which is crazy to, to think about. Like you're starting to depend on them to, to put 30 up every week. That's just who they are and what they are offensively.
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Co-host Brent
So we did the reaction and we talked about Miami after the game last week and hey, could they. Should they, you know, maybe have sort of best resume be number one type stuff. A lot of the, a lot of the Canes fans in the comments pump the brakes. Pump the brakes. Let's, let's get through a season. This is kind of how we do things. We start off there.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
But I like that Miami fans, I like that we would be doing the same thing. Like when your team, you're like well, nothing to see here. Look over here. Like because when Miami has had some good things happen, they've also come crumbling down, I. E. Last year, I. E. Several years Mark Rick, remember, had a great start to the season and they jumped off a cliff and made sure there was rocks at the bottom because they didn't want to live through that.
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Co-host Brent
She. Yep. This is one that when you think about what there's what these two teams season. Florida's played great defensively but they're not really getting after the quarterback. And Caleb Banks, he kind of missed the game, then came back and then re injured at lsu. So he's kind of down for I don't know how long. I didn't see he's there how long but he's there.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
He's their havoc guy up front man.
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Co-host Brent
So Carson Beck is the least pressured quarterback in the power four and Florida is last in the power four and pressure percentage.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
So you're saying there's a chance that's.
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Co-host Brent
Not a good recipe.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
31:17. All hurricanes, baby. All Hurricanes.
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Co-host Brent
I don't know if it gets to that many points because I think they're going to try to protect Lagway more so after especially after last week. But I do think it's 27 to 13 kind of thing. At least the two touchdown. Unless Florida somehow magically finds some, some deep shots. Number 11. What is Mizel I think is his last name for Florida. I just know it's number 11. That guy should play more. Had a great touchdown against lsu. All right, next heartburn game. Big game in the Big Ten. Me.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
This one's got heartburn actually at Nebraska, one did not have heartburn and this one's got heartburn for both sides for different reasons. Like, this is a big game for Michigan. Like, Michigan needs this to stay in the playoff race. Their schedule is a beautiful thing. It's a thing of booty, bro. Like, it is beautiful. Like, it is very good looking down the stretch and, and here's something that will blow your mind. Like, Brent, when is the last time Nebraska beat a ranked team?
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Co-host Brent
Oh, that's that. I mean it's. Is it a decade plus?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
2016.
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Co-host Brent
So right at, right out of that.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Is less than time Nebraska beat a ranked team. That literally made me go like habit of habitat. What? Like, are you freaking kidding me? Like, like you're joking. Like, I didn't even think that was, that was real. But like, let's set the stage for this man, because I really like this game at Nebraska. So advantage Nebraska there. But five star Dylan Raiola, two years ago, like elite quarterback in the country. Five star Bryce Underwood, elite quarterback in the country a year ago. Like, both now come coming to get this year coming together now throwing down. Like, I just, I love that dynamic. I think it's, it's, it's going to be a really, really fun game. Both teams, I think both teams are similar. Like, the offenses are dink and dunk. Get rid of the football. So, so it will come down to me who runs the football better. And if you ain't paying attention, Justice Haynes is a dude now. Like, he's a dude. And I don't know that people are talking about him, Brent, like they should. He's over 100 yards in all three games this season. Brent, trivia question for you. How many of those do you think he had at Alabama? How many hundred yard games do you think he had Alabama 11 seasons because.
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Co-host Brent
He had like an 80 yard run against USF or something like that.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Two seasons, man. So like he's doing his thing, he's doing his job. He's thick built, he breaks tackles. Like he hits home runs. Like. And then on the other side, I think one of the guys that has really stuck out probably the most when you, when you look at Nebraska like running the football, Emmett Johnson, like, he's making plays now, he's smaller, he's a little bit more comp. Like a little bit more. He's definitely skinnier, but he's making people miss and making plays in the run game. So, like, who can run?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Special offer terms apply football and be the most effective. And, and that's where like I give the advantage a little bit to Justice Haynes and his physicality, man, because I like what I've seen from him. Breaking tackles and, and making plays for the offense.
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Co-host Brent
And it was, yes, it was Central Michigan, right? Yeah, Central Michigan that they played last week. But Bryce Underwood using his legs. Yeah, nine for 114. 87 of those were on scrambles last week. And we talked about that after the Oklahoma game. Like, hey, how do you like. They don't have explosive weapons all over the place on the outside to kind of fit his arm. So how do you get explosive? You use his legs. And I think. And he can do that definitely way more than the guy on the other side can. So that to me, a hater. I'm not a hater.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Such a hater. You're a hater. By the way, you hate Dylan Raiola.
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Co-host Brent
Do you realize he has the best adjusted completion percentage in the power four? Oh, look at 86.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Nice. Look at you. That a boy. Now crap on him again because you're going to go right back to it. Hey, trivia question for you, mister. You mentioned Bryce Underwood. I got another one for you. Ready? Okay, so Bryce Underwood, last week you Talked about he went 235 and 114 last or last Michigan QB to go 200 and 100 in a season.
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Co-host Brent
In a season or in a game?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
In a game.
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Co-host Brent
I'm saying.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
I know you're going to say and you're going to be wrong. So.
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Co-host Brent
So it's not Robinson.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Correct. Denard Robinson is the, is the. Easily the one that comes to mind.
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Co-host Brent
I mean, did J.J. mcCarthy somehow get that?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
No. 2013. Devin Gardner.
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Co-host Brent
Okay. Gart. Yeah, Gardner. Still Rich. Rich Rod was coaching then, right? Was that Rich Rod is the coach that year or is that.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
That's. That's your boy. That's your boy. You should know that.
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Co-host Brent
By the way, Michigan interception in every game. Raul hasn't thrown one yet. So do they get another one this week? But it was good to see that the Marlon Klein played again. He wasn't really a factor.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
That's a big deal. Do you know he's the top. He's the top five fastest guy on the team.
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Co-host Brent
No, I did not know that.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yes. Like Klein, He's a big 6 foot 5 tight end and he looks like he's a, he's a clotter, but he's literally the top five on the, on the speed, on speed in the team. And you're right, like they missed him in the Oklahoma game because he made so much of a difference. It was week one. Like, I know, but like, you watch him. You don't have to put the ball right here. Right. Like you can put it anywhere with that catch radius with that big sucker and he can block like really, really good blocker. One of the better tight ends in the country. So we'll be. And you know how that works, Brent. Like that's not an injury with the ankle that you come back and you're 100, you're 100 miles an hour the next week.
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Co-host Brent
Like, you get some stats and now you're good to go.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah. It's going to take time. And a lot of times what sucks is you get that one little tweak and you're, you're kind of feeling it again and rehabbing it again. But bottom line, Justice Haynes is the difference to me in this football game. It's 24, 21. It's a really, really close game. Both quarterbacks play well, but the biggest reason I think Justice Haynes does this week 1. Man, I got to go back to Cincinnati. You watch that game. Cincinnati rushed for over 200 yards. Like, when I look at Nebraska's front man, it is very strange to me, Brent. They don't have a 300 pounder like on the D line. I'm so used to like big hulking Polar bear up front a couple of past couple of years and just those big strong dudes, they're not there. Like they're not. It's going to be interesting to watch them up front and how they, how they can affect and stop Justice Haynes and Bryce Underwood and I think that will be the, their biggest problem in that football game.
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Co-host Brent
I'm going with Michigan as well mainly because of Bryce. Under was legs and him scrambling and making plays with his legs or leg.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Which one?
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Co-host Brent
Legs. Plural. One. One in front of the other to get yardage. All right. Veggie trade game. You might skip it because it's late and then you got Illinois Indiana. But it's actually going to be a really good game. That's Arizona State at Baylor didn't get to play last year so they get, get each other this year and if you like watching really good quarterbacks, this is a good game to watch. But they haven't played as good thus far. That's the thing for me with each qb that it hasn't been quite right. They've fought and kept their teams in games and won games, but still not really, I think clicking on all cylinders either, either.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
We say that about every quarterback that we talked about in the preseason outside of Mater, like Manning Club, Nick Sellers. Like we can keep going down the list. It's a common theme and something. Here's what I'll say about Sam Levitt. First of all, you know I'm, I'm in his fan club. Like I talked about him last year and how much I loved him. You talked about him how much you loved him. Like the dude's, the dude's a dynamic athlete and he broke out a spin move last week. I was like, oh wow, that was really, really nice. It looked like the video game like he can make dynamic plays. He wants to make too many dynamic plays right now. And I want, I want him to make the simple plays. Like same thing I said with Caleb Williams, man. Like, don't be the guy. Like you don't have to be the hero all the time. You can check it down. Their running game has been really, really good. Despite losing Scatter Boo, they're still pounding the rock. Like they're using three guys and they're using Levitt. Like but, but it's still really good. It's very efficient the way they run the football. Tyson's still the man, but there's still no production outside of that and they've got to figure that out. They got to move the sticks. They got to continue to pound It. But. But it's just been, you know, it's just like anything else with Clubnik we talked about, man, like, you wanted Levitt to take the next step and to get better, and I don't feel like he has. I don't feel like he's better at the quarterback spot. I still think they're trying to find themselves. And for that, I think this is. I think this one is one of the harder ones to pick because Sawyer second the country in passing. Like, he's done a good job with that. He's been accurate at times. Like, both teams I don't think have played to their best potential, but to me, Arizona State's best potential is higher than. Than Sawyer Robertson and Baylor at Baylor makes it a little bit. You know, here I think this is. I think this is pretty high scoring. I got. I got Arizona State 3127. I don't have a ton of confidence, but I do think Sawyer Robinson is, Is. Is hot and cold sometimes and, and the style of Arizona State defense is, Is more chill and like, make you earn it, make you dink and dunk and. And Trig's a little banged up, so I'll, I'll take the Sun Devils.
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Co-host Brent
I'm going with Arizona State as well, mainly because I trust Baylor's defense less. And by the way, you talk about the running game with Arizona State, they just need to run it more. Like, last year they were a 52% run team. Now they're like 45. Like. Yeah, because they've been. They've been very successful running the ball. They need to get a little. Just use it more, do it more. All right, last couple games for chips and dip. Not the marquee games, but we are very much fired up. Up. And to dig into it first 1, 2, lane at Ole Miss. Big game for the G5.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Big game. Tulane is. Is by far the overwhelming favorite right now on when it comes to odds as the group of five team, which, you know, I think last week everybody was pretty comfortable saying it was usf. They are by far. Who is the second in odds. You think Brent might not should have mentioned usf? I might not should have told.
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Co-host Brent
If it's not them, I would have said Memphis. Who also corrects a big game this week?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Boise. Boise still second and hanging. Yes. So that. That's kind of crazy. But this, this is big for Tulane. Tulane has two power four wins. Like, so they're. They're trending in the right direction. And it's just. I, I just. If you don't like Summerall you got problems. Like, I just love the way they're coached with Tulane because this ain't nothing like it was last year. Like, this looks totally different. The QB run at nauseam. Like Jake Rats laugh like he just got the playbook, bro. He just got it. He. He's like, okay, cool. Like what's this play called? I don't even know. Okay, I'm here.
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Co-host Brent
Like keep it and run it.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Keep it running. And that's. And they're doing. He's got 40 carries through three games.
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Co-host Brent
And six most attempts by the way.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yes. Like. And he's got. He's also got 10 explosives and six touchdowns. Like he. He is. It's crazy to watch him because you thought he was a good athlete at byu but now you go down to the group of five and you're like, oh, me a great athlete. Like I can run faster than these people. I can break tackles. Like it's just been. It's been interesting to watch. And they're leaning on the QB run game. He gets outside the pocket. But when it need. When they need to play it the red area. Like it's like, okay, I got it. Like I'm going to run the football. And it's. It's been fun to watch them kind of develop and you know it's. It's. If you watched Ole Miss a week ago, Brent Taylor Green's still running.
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Co-host Brent
Yeah.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Like he just for 20 again. Like it. It. So that says to me that goes okay. Like I give two lane a punchers chance because Ole Miss's defense looks a lot more like years past than last year so far.
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Co-host Brent
I still think Ole Miss's front and it's not as deep as it was a year ago, but it still has depth that they'll sort of eventually went out with that you. The only thing with Tulane too is if they actually catch the ball. Number one. Yes. Is that number one football in the FBS and by the way in drop percentage and it's not a low number 21 drop rate right now for. For Tulane and Russo.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
That's very ungood. It's not helping your quarterback.
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Co-host Brent
You're 20 percentage points last year's completion percentage.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
What was. What was Georgia last year in Kansas state who were two of the worst 11?
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Co-host Brent
About half that. Like so it's been bad, bro.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
I know I just got here. But like you sucked. You suck. You suck. I ain't throwing you the ball ain't throwing you the ball ain't throwing you. Who can I Trust, like, who's gonna catch the rock?
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Co-host Brent
Nine different guys, by the way, have a drop. I did see that. They said Lane said Coach Kiffin anticipate Austin being fine and being our starting quarterback.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah.
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Co-host Brent
Do you think that's good?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
No, because I don't think he's healthy. Like, here they. They have LSU coming up, and if I have a chance to beat LSU and be successful, I'm going to need the healthiest version of Austin Simmons. Listen, Austin Simmons, kudos to him. He wasn't ready last week. Now, Lane didn't tell anybody that we're gonna have Lane Kiffin on before the LSU game. By the way, I've. I text him with him, so he's going to come on and join us, which would be awesome. Lane's. Lane's the best, but he kind of played it coy. And then this Trinidad, like, just what a. What a man's man. Never name. By the way, he doesn't look like a Trinidad. Like, I. I wouldn't picture him as a Trinidad because he's kind of a littler fella. But, like, name Flex of all name flexes, comes in and throws for over 350 and rushes for two tutties. By the way, only two people in the. In the history of Ole Miss football has done that. Could you name any of them? That would be interesting.
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Co-host Brent
Is one of them a Manning?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
No. Would you have gone arch with that? Because you dang sure wouldn't have gone Eli.
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Co-host Brent
Yeah, wasn't going Eli. I was thinking dad on that one.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah.
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Co-host Brent
No, I don't know. Bo Wallace.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Bo Wallace is a really good guess, but it's not. It's not the Chad Kelly. Swag Kelly. You got you. Will you say the man's name right? It's Swag Kelly.
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Co-host Brent
Okay.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
You remember Jordan Tamu?
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Co-host Brent
Yes, I do. Tamu. Right?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Taamu. Like, I don't know how. I think that's how you say it. Yeah, those two. So it's. It's just. It's crazy, I don't think. I think Simmons needs to get healthy, bottom line, because you've got to have him healthy if you're going to play against. If you're going to play against LSU and be successful, especially with that defense. But. But Trinidad more than proved himself more than. And I was talking to their GM actually today and yesterday, and I was just like, dude, where. How did you find that guy? Like, how did you find Trinidad? And he was like, we were looking for a backup and we saw the sucker play and we saw him win a national championship. And then we thought he was pretty good. We thought. And then he got on campus and we were like, holy cow. Like, he's not pretty good. Like he's really good. But they thought, they saw the wiggle, they saw the calm, they saw him playing big games. So, like, if we need a guy, man, he's our guy. And. And they've been right, man. And they. And he has really impressed them. And obviously last week doing things, you know, as the first time starter that was. That was big time. So, I mean, you definitely go with Trinidad this week, but you got. At least you got two guys that you can believe in. But did he play better than Simmons? Yes, Simmons made mistakes, so. But when you spend a lot of money in one direction, like, and that's your future, you go that way. But Trinidad Baldwin, good for him.
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Co-host Brent
Yep. Chambers, by the way, is his last name.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
No, no, no, forget Chambers. Trinidad, That's a gangster name. Hey, I got ole miss 35. I got 23 for Tulane because they're still going to give up points, but. Yes, but Ole Miss is going to get tuddies in the red.
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Co-host Brent
I think Ole Miss is going to get in the 40s here and it's going to be 42 to 27 kind of game.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Sounds like you just made that up. It doesn't sound like you came prepared with a score.
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Co-host Brent
I did not come prepared with an exact score. I feel. I just kind of feel it out and just throw some numbers out there.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
That's fine.
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Co-host Brent
Because I know nobody. Your name's on the show. Nobody cares about what my score is. They care about what your score is.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Anyways, moving right along. Last game.
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Co-host Brent
Last game. No, we don't have any cooler games. So this is the last game. Michigan State at USC. We're going to see if USC's just had some empty calories these. These first three games. Now, Purdue was a very unique circumstance because they had a long delay.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah.
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Co-host Brent
Their business. Did you see Jaw Jarrett get himself a scoop and score?
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Are you. Are you talking about the thick six?
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Co-host Brent
Yes, the thick six. The very long.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
We have to announce that, like when you get a thick six, that's called when you got a guy over three hundo and he either he gets his hands on the ball any kind of way and he goes a long way and they time him with a calendar or a sundial for him to get from the 50 all the way in. Like it's called a thick six. And it was absolutely fantastic. It took a while, but he got there.
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Co-host Brent
He got there. I'm curious which sort of number two receiver can have a big game here because you know, you got Lemon and Marsh on the with usc and then Marsh for Michigan State, who's the number two guy with Lane and then Omar, Omari Kelly, that's a Middle Tennessee transfer for Michigan State can have some level of game or production in this game, but USC been very balanced, by the way. Almost 50, 50 run pass, top 10 and obviously competition matters, but they're top 10. Both explosive running plays and explosive passing plays. So let's just keep seeing it against. As they get into the thick of Big Ten schedule. They got I think Illinois next week.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah, this is, this is a good one to show me something for usc. I feel like. Well, I feel like we're going to find out because Michigan State's three and oh, like, I mean, I know people don't know that and people aren't watching them. We are because we love football and they had the big OT win. Great play call on the goal line. It was fantastic play. Yeah. But Aiden Chiles is the guy for me I want to see. Datlin came in a year ago for USC and we talked about him at nauseam and I have a lot of coaches that I respect that talk about him very high on the list of guys that they respect for being a defensive coordinator. And how, how much are they better on that side of the football with the improved depth with the big boys, like, can they, can they own the football game? Because Aiden Chiles, if you, if you look at last year, Aiden Charles, you go, he stinks. Like, I don't want him. Like, I think he completed like, I think it was like 59% of his passes and his touchdown interception was almost equal. It was like 13 to 11. And then this year, man, a different Bird scrambles, makes plays with his legs, but also, you know, throwing, throwing the ball down the field a little bit, making better decisions, five touchdowns, zero interceptions. Like he's got some playmaking to him. Right. And so I think that can, that can be fun to watch against usc and this will go away to determining. Okay, like usc, they beat Michigan State. I think they get ranked this week. Like, I think they'll, they'll pop into the polls and. But this could be an entertaining game. But I think we learn about, about usc and it's at usc, so there's going to be a lot of, you know, excitement and a ruckus crowd. Like all 13 of them are going to be jacked up and ready to rock and roll. And like, yeah, it's not a great home atmosphere. Um, I want them to have a great home atmosphere. They deserve it. But I think they, they take care of business big against Michigan State and, and they get into the polls. I got 34 17.
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Co-host Brent
I went 34 20.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Oh, nice. You wrote that down actually. Good.
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Co-host Brent
Yes, I have. I had that on my, on my sheet there.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
All right, good thing you got to the.
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Co-host Brent
We don't have any cooler games this week that are sort of on ice very quick. There's some. A lot of other just fun games to watch this weekend. But these are the main, main ones that we watch. Especially with you got the fact that you got the rank matchups back to back to back in the three win windows. And then next week it's a lot of big games.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Next week it's big time. Next week's big time.
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Co-host Brent
But these are gonna be. These are fan. Like, these are great football games.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
Yeah, the true.
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Co-host Brent
Especially like Texas Tech and Utah. That is going to be to me, one of the funnest matchups of the season because of the D line versus the great O line. Well, that's all I'm going to watch.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
And listen, Brent, I'm not going to completely, you know, take any shine off of this because you, you do the picks and you put that together and I'm thankful that you do it. It's kind of a travesty that you left Missouri and South Carolina out. Like, that's kind of a. Like the fact that that didn't work into there at some point. Like, that's. I think that's a big miss for you.
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Co-host Brent
We're also going to talk a lot about Missouri in a different little thing that we do. So that, that, that's like, I got.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
You, but like that I feel good.
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Co-host Brent
About Missouri, by the way.
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Brent (Football Analyst)
That, that's. That's the thing. I think you really. I think you, you, you feel one way about South Carolina another way. Okay, here's the thing. Hey, guys, we are growing like crazy and we are thankful for it. Like, subscribers are just zooming every single week. Hit the like, hit the rate. Hit the. Subscribe all that stuff, man, to, to help us continue to grow. We love this, man. This is a lot of fun doing the picks this week. Um, we'll be here Saturday night too, because we're going to. We're going to recap all the games and then Sunday that will come out as a podcast. Like, we literally going to cover everything. If you miss something because you had a wedding, first of all, you have bad friends. You should not have a wedding during football season. But if you do, you can just tune into the podcast and we'll tell you everything that happened. But we appreciate you helping us, you know, zoom up and really grow and get better. And we will see you guys very soon.
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